10-01-2020, 11:30 AM
That's a pity - it would have been an interesting test. Has anyone got an early car with an original axle to see how the rear axle date lines up with recorded production dates, please?
(For example, I had a 1928 Chummy - Chassis 59229, that was first registered on 8th June 1928. The rear axle was almost certainly original and dated 4/5/28. For this 1928 car, the Australian production numbers and the R J Wyatt production and modifications numbers seem to all tell the same story. The production numbers listed in the Australian magazine give a total of 50225 by the end of 1927 and R J Wyatt's Appendix 2 numbers give a very similar 50179, which would place chassis number 59229 in late April 1928, at the then build rate of 22500 per year. Appendix 3 in R J Wyatt's book lists a modification at chassis number 59275 as taking place in April 1928. It would be interesting to check these numbers for a 1925/6 car to see how well they match the published the figures.)
(For example, I had a 1928 Chummy - Chassis 59229, that was first registered on 8th June 1928. The rear axle was almost certainly original and dated 4/5/28. For this 1928 car, the Australian production numbers and the R J Wyatt production and modifications numbers seem to all tell the same story. The production numbers listed in the Australian magazine give a total of 50225 by the end of 1927 and R J Wyatt's Appendix 2 numbers give a very similar 50179, which would place chassis number 59229 in late April 1928, at the then build rate of 22500 per year. Appendix 3 in R J Wyatt's book lists a modification at chassis number 59275 as taking place in April 1928. It would be interesting to check these numbers for a 1925/6 car to see how well they match the published the figures.)